Thessaloniki oncologist jailed for defrauding cancer patients

[InTime News]

A tribunal successful Thessaloniki has sentenced a 53-year-old oncologist to 12 years successful situation aft uncovering him blameworthy of fraud and bribery for exploiting crab patients with mendacious promises of breakthrough treatments.

According to the indictment, 27 patients accused the doc of collecting payments ranging from €300 to €43,000 betwixt 2017 and '22 for supposed anti-cancer drugs allegedly imported from the United States.

Prosecutors said the doc claimed the treatments offered exceptional chances of betterment and convinced vulnerable patients to wage ample sums successful exchange.

The strategy allegedly operated astatine Theagenio Cancer Hospital, where the doc was employed astatine the time. Authorities said helium issued receipts bearing the hospital’s logo successful an effort to marque the transactions look legitimate.

“He prescribed us a caller cause from abroad, which we had ne'er seen before, and we paid him €10,000,” 1 victim, 59-year-old Kostas Kantouris, told ERT extracurricular the courthouse.

The doc was dismissed from the infirmary successful September '22 aft the allegations surfaced.

According to reports, helium admitted the offenses to the court, attributing his actions to gambling addiction and Parkinson’s disease.